Harley Race vs Abdullah The Butcher 1979 11 08 NWA Title

[@PayneKilla94]

All these uploads are fantastic I appreciate all of this so much

[@trueyankee4767]

Abby in Japan from 75-82 was simply ahead of his time and made the people BELIEVE!

[@michaelcalero1119]

Harley Race
"The greatest wrestler on God's green earth "
R.I.P
Harley Race
1943-2019

[@charlessavoie2367]

Except that Scott Norton's violent power bomb would have left Harley breathless.

[@David-yw2lv]

He was one of the best ever.He also went from heel to face easily.He and Nick Bockwinkel were unique among heels because they spoke in conversational tones

[@MikmaqWarrior]

Harley Race was an one mean pile muscles and double double tough 😊

[@idol_stomper]

Harley was busted open before he even took the belt off lol

[@markhammerstrom722]

When and where did Harley Blade himself.....I couldn't tell unless Abby did it....

[@idol_stomper]

Had to be Abby somewhere at or after 3:20

[@brocleeonetwoonetwo]

LMAO! Wow...😳

[@sonic-qh7ed]

it was abby with those stiff punches right after the start

[@adambennett2737]

You gotta get the offense on harley early otherwise he's gonna punish you

[@baw1978]

Two of the best. Pro wrestling in Japan is the real deal. Nothing in America today can compare with this. Its too cartoonish.

[@juancamaro1668]

Nothing in United States of North America.

[@danielmoore2320]

Wrestling in some territories was like this til WWF ruined it

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Abbie’s song by Pink Floyd rocks!

[@ryanthec]

I was listening and thinking is that Floyd? First track from Meddle I think

[@tedturner3945]

Never knew they ever had a match. Thanks for the upload.

[@bentonmckinney5454]

They wrestled each other in Houston Texas for Paul Boesch

[@johnbullabaugh8898]

There is at least one other one on youtube. I think it was also from Japan.

[@laurenceamspoker782]

Abby had a few world title shots against Race and at least 1 against Rhodes.

[@ludicrous7044]

Wasn't a match- It was a brawl!!🤕

[@akichan-m]

この試合は当初、ノンタイトルで行われる予定だったが出来れば
ノンタイトルでとことんやってもらいたかった。
しかしレイスは相手がブッチャーだろうがハンセンだろうがブロディだろうが安心して見てられる事が出来るレスラーだったなあ。

[@tonymarts427]

Well I think we all knew that technical wrestling was going to be out in this one. And boy that didn't take long, in the beginning, I guess Abby doesn't care for announcements LOL. And there was no blading there that was pure unadulterated fork shots to the forehead of Harley you could see where it was in his forehead. That was brutal. And who knew at the end that Abby enjoyed fan approval / a fanfare. But it was a brutal match...

[@DeeEllEff]

Mick Foley said Harley called that “getting color the hard way” (not blading). And yeah, Abby seemed oddly popular in Japan. I guessed that it was his sumo-like appearance and use of a little bit of martial arts that got him over with them. 🤷‍♂️

[@heiho_0317]

レイスのプロレスは本当に面白いよなー。

[@stephenkinq5425]

Race My Fave WORLD Champ All Time

[@alanstrong55]

Handsome Harley wrestled so much in Japan.

[@user-qv6kf7qc6p]

万が一ブッチャーにタイトルが移ってもシリーズ中にリターンマッチ設けてレイスが帰国する時に戻ってるね。

[@user-fy3do7pd5g]

この日がシリーズ最終戦なので、リターンマッチを設けることは無理でしたね。

[@TA-mj8cb]

そもそもこのカードとかNWAが事前にタイトルマッチとして認識していたのでしょうか

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Abdullah The Butcher was so quick. What a Legend.

[@graveyardshowpodcast]

Wow, what a great upload. Thanks for sharing!
~ Caretaker

[@scottdavenport1833]

Harley Race would've been great as Quint in JAWS.

[@billb5690]

Hahahahahahah love it

[@NLaBar]

Harley race was great as Harley fn rac3

[@nealbaker4170]

Fantastic video quality

[@jjbeda]

Race to me always looked like a millworker or a guy unloading trains at one of the ports. Tough as nails but born 20 years later would have been an enhancement guy.

[@markt8475]

You don't think Harley would have figured out how to eat right and work out 20 years later if that's what the job took? Of course the standards of one day don't apply to another. Babe Ruth looked like a rec softball player by today's standard. But talent rises to the top.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Goes to show how ignorant wrestling fans have gotten .

[@pooddescrewch8718]

The fan is what went wrong with wrestling . In the 80s wrestling wanted a new audience . So whatever pulled in kids most of whom had never as much as wrestled their baby brother was pushed as " wrestling " when all it was to become was cinematic , implausible superhero combat with Schwartzenegger catch phrasing . The noob fan just had no idea what an arm bar meant but it was not obviously spectacular so to them it meant nothing . Wrestling was a dance not a realistic combat .

[@jjbeda]

@@pooddescrewch8718 That is the same argument for anything though. Todays top athletes are far superior in both a nutrition and fitness standpoint.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

@@jjbeda Mostly in pharmacology

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Two badasses going at it. I’m loving it.

[@araitomoaki571]

愛しのブッチャー、人気最高潮！

[@louclarkson6098]

That damn kneedrop was beautiful

[@nofrop]

Almost like Orndorffs

[@edgarhendricks366]

Indeed.harley was dedicated to his profession.which was evident by dictating the pace usually by a methodical pace .and always assured he was going to come out on top.and I would say he was the greatest n w a world tied for second nature it rick flair and scrapiron adam pearce.

[@MrX-yl2ek]

レイスもブッチャーもジョー樋口さんも皆若かった、レイスの滞空時間の長い直下型ブレーンバスターは、驚異だったがさすがにブッチャーは、重かったか。懐かしい映像ありがとうございました。

[@edgarhendricks366]

Was it impressive that race suplexed abdullah who had to go about350 lbs.also it shows tough he was and wouldnt take any guff even from another heel.rip handsome harley race

[@johngroves9828]

There is a match between Harley and Andre in which Race bodyslams him repeatedly like a sack of potatoes.

[@spacewxranger]

6:39 Dang, never saw Abs get suplexed before!!

[@1i1HrnPrpPplEater]

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing, did anyone else EVER suplex him?

[@dankelly5150]

@@1i1HrnPrpPplEater Bret Hart in the early 80's on the Stampede Wrestling TV show at The Saddledome !

[@1i1HrnPrpPplEater]

@@dankelly5150 Awe, ok. Thanks for the info.

[@MrJsmokes]

Manny Fernandez did also @Starrcade 85 bloodbath Mexican death match!

[@1i1HrnPrpPplEater]

@@MrJsmokes Wow, ok, he was suplexed more than i ever knew. Thanks for the info.

[@pablocuneo4611]

Problem with Abdullah is he wouldn’t take a pin loss so it always ended with DQ or Double count out loss.

[@edgarhendricks366]

Yeah that was his damn problem he was so caught up in being the butcher pinfalls or submissions weren't allowed.he made a bad or appalling career of blading his opponents and himself.however somewhere there is an old issue of inside wrestling magazine the title of the.cover story is andres greatest victory and abdullah's most humiliating defeat .one.of the b and w photo shots is the french giant digging into and ripping the skin off Abby's skull which.would cause the butcher to hightail it out of the ring .and get counted out resulting in victory # 1000 for andre in n america .but par for the course the rest of Abby's career would be like that including his retirement match against hannibal .Abby was disqualified hannibal contracted hepatitis lost a $6.000.000 wwe developmental contract and took abdullah to court and was awarded$2.400.000.and.is still waiting probably some 15 or so years and hasn't receive nothing aside from that just like you in don't think Abby was all that .but know about harley race talented tough blue collar.rugged handsome and the greatest world champion of the nwa (in closing .if get a chance listen to jim cornettes podcasts whenever there is a handsome harley race story the are worth listening to.!

[@garymayfield5995]

When watching wrestling was really good

[@DeeEllEff]

I was about to say, is there any pro wrestler in the history of the business counted out of the ring more than the Butcher?

[@chrischar9428]

​@@edgarhendricks366F NICHOLSON HE AINT A CHOIRBOY

[@ifgwelf]

​@@edgarhendricks366 there is no way in hell that boring ass Hannibal would be given a developmental contract that big😂 what a joke

[@dante666jt]

AtB was a legend in japan

[@user-qi4vd9tr7m]

同時期にシンも世界王者のバックランドとノンタイトルながらシングルで対戦してる。

[@user-ig4hx8jl9k]

ブッチャーがレイスのNWA世界ヘビーのタイトルに挑戦するとは今更ながら無謀であると感じた。

[@TA-mj8cb]

かつて遺恨試合で引っ張るの失敗(警察に叱られた日大講堂大会)した関係上このカードはグダグダになるのが必然

[@roberdink]

I never knew that Abdullah got a World Title match.

[@dankelly5150]

I was young but I'm sure Abdullah got one against Dory Funk Jr. during his time in Stampede Wrestling? Can you imagine Abdullah The Butcher as NWA World Heavyweight Champion?

[@roberdink]

@@dankelly5150 AHHHHHHH!

[@charlierobles316]

Now your life is complete

[@dankelly5150]

@@charlierobles316 Run along to bed now and let the adults talk....

[@robertrodriguez787]

Didn't he face Hogan in the 80s for the WWF Title.

[@paulinecorreia5538]

Butcher, sure feels like he’s right at home in Japan 🇯🇵
😅😅😂😂❤❤❤❤ 8:40

[@tenacioustravis]

Abdullah coming out to pink floyd, hilarious. Whatever Harley came out to was ridiculous.

[@billb5690]

Race with the late 70s Japanese Disco enterence.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Can you imagine the havoc of Abdullah the Butcher winning the NWA World Championship ?

[@junshinopii4214]

ブッチャーのベビーフェイス感が凄い😮

[@UltrFnx]

3:43 in a squeaky voice ''Dodge ma elbow baby''

[@billysikes1374]

I couldn't hear it, what s crazy match

[@gen-x-dad]

20 seconds after lock up and Harley is already busted open. Hard way?

[@tritchie6272]

I couldn't figure out how he could have bladed and not get caught. Yet from everything I've heard I can't imagine anyone taking that kind of Liberty with Harley unless you cleared it with Harley. On a side note did Abdulla EVER have a match without blood? I'm not sure he was quite Right in the head,even by Pro Wrestling Standards.

[@gen-x-dad]

@@tritchie6272 yeah it was his whole gimmick right? Really fun in small doses. I'm guessing that it was cleared by Harley. Probably so much scar tissue wouldnt take too much to open him up, but I'm no expert.

[@tritchie6272]

@@gen-x-dad I suspect your correct. Although I can't claim any expertise on the subject either.

[@rhynohendrix5993]

Normally Abby just chops people but here it looks like he's intentionally using his knuckles and the camera zooms in at one point. I was also thinking the hardway because as soon as Harley rolls over he's bleeding and he was basically on camera the entire time.

[@t.yeverythingisgoodreturn5893]

レイス🆚ブッチャーという黄金カードにして折角のNWAタイトル戦…もうちょっとリング上での戦いを観たかったな～^^;
しかしブッチャーの人気が凄い！テリーファンクに匹敵するかと思う程。実力もあるのでベルト奪回の期待も大きかったのでしょうね(^_-)

[@lamontricks1074]

Classic bloodbath between 2 legends

[@basicdude]

Only thing I could understand was “headbuttooo!!!”

[@user-mz7vh4ld3j]

3日後にはレイスはダラスでブロディとタイトルマッチやってますね、お忙し氏です。

[@utopiakorea9021]

Harley Race is a sexy handsome gentleman.
I love him.

[@adamssanchez7709]

Two the best

[@djbeacon6895]

Sou desu ne!
The Butcher had a deadly head butto!!

[@cdec25]

ブッチャーは日本で人気がありました。

[@user-dy8po9gl1i]

この当時は､反則､リングアウトでもベルト移動でした｡

[@MrArmageddon81]

Harley was the man. Would be a top guy in any decade. Tough SOB he was.

[@poitor5915]

UFC was conceived after this match 😩

[@tathuya-46]

こんな試合あったんだ。これは見たい❗️

[@hi-resolutionsound1938]

見てるだろ？w w w

[@user-zz5he3gw2j]

たけしがレイスと馬場の試合を見てスローかと思って笑い話にしてましたけど今見たらレイスのうまさが際立っていますね

[@takashikanno3980]

NWA世界戦など日本のプロレスには関係ないよ、
ベテラン二人の試合は場外戦で段取り相応、
しかしブッチャーが花束を受け取ったのが珍しいよな。

[@ludicrous7044]

Race survived 30 years of this 💩 Concussions retired him!!🤕

[@mickboakes7023]

Dear oh dear how low will humanity stoop

[@larryridgeway1057]

About the only thing "wrong" with the match was the weak chair shots. They didn't even try to sell them (or do them very well). Abdullah had one of the best gimmicks and heel tactics of all time and Race could do face/heel with equal greatness.

[@josephgarrison7424]

THERE'S NO ONE IN WRESTLING TODAY THAT COULD GO TOE TO TOE WITH ABDULLAH:-):-):-):-)

[@ShlomoShilliams]

Brock Lesnar would eat him and make him his bitch.. Moxley would beat the fuck outta Abdullah and blade more than him.. don't even get me started on what someone like Samoa Joe would do to Abdullah .. so no you are incorrect...

[@user-br7oz2zz1f]

❤

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Harley Race was one of the business' best seller and feeder . Abbie was fat .

[@dustyflair]

HR entered to some straight up porn music....

[@hi-resolutionsound1938]

安易に凶器を使うし、この試合も乱闘で試合を始めて、反則三昧のブッチャーに挑戦権与えるなんて、そしてこんな試合進行をよしとする馬場全日本も含め、世界最強も権威もクソもないわw
おもろいけどw

[@TA-mj8cb]

このシリーズ10.26の鶴田戦からこの11.8ブッチャー戦迄13日間で5度NWA タイトルマッチ行ってますからね(馬場戦が3回)権威とかw

[@maruhiroya417]

​@@TA-mj8cb
だって本拠地のセントルイスからしてド田舎だしw、全日番だった小佐野さんに言われて雑草😂😂😂

[@adambennett2737]

I dont know why the ref checks abby hes always got something on him lol

[@user-bm3ql5vz9r]

外人同士のメイン、
　これが全日本プロレスの良さですね。

[@hi-resolutionsound1938]

それだけなら、新日だってアンドレvsハンセンとかあっただろ？
新日初期はクラップ(猪木からピンフォールあり)とかパワーズで誤魔化してたけどなw

[@user-bm3ql5vz9r]

@@hi-resolutionsound1938 様
それは、いつの試合、会場ですか?

[@user-fy3do7pd5g]

@@hi-resolutionsound1938
ハンセンvsアンドレはセミファイナルでした。
メインが猪木vs戸口だった時ですね。

[@user-fy3do7pd5g]

@@user-bm3ql5vz9r
今は取り壊されて跡形もありませんが、田園コロシアムです。高級住宅街で有名な田園調布の東側にありました。

[@user-bm3ql5vz9r]

@@user-fy3do7pd5g 様
そうですよね、　タイガー戸口が気の毒でしたね、　そして良い人ラッシャー木村さんでしたね。

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Dude is legit 350lbs and I just thought look at how thin Abbie is here

[@user-yv9mm4xz3q]

NWAのベルトで攻撃しちゃダメだろレイス。

[@billb5690]

Harley!!!!!!

[@ibrahimeddie17]

Greatest scripted ketchup wrestling in history who you fooling

[@jasonpdsi]

I'm two minutes in and like, damn, this thing goes another 13 minutes...!

[@roberto0561]

Abdula king of Korea

[@user-br7oz2zz1f]

🎉

[@jimmiepiranah]

Onita'a Harley's Ring Boy.

[@jamesstreet228]

Ole Abdool spreading the vitamin Hep C around. I know one thing, James "Kamala" Harris didn't like ole Dool. He said it was Dool that was screwing over other black wrestlers in Japan

[@user-mr2rf3jt7o]

大仁田がいるね!

[@user-hy3ki9zm5w]

Fukuyama~😆🎉

[@billypryorr-kq9gwhyhappygo]

150🎉

[@user-ls3ef4ce6b]

まあ、かつての全日本プロレス外人ナンバーワン決定戦って感じだね❗レイスのブレンバスターブッチャーの地獄突きすごいね❗後のハンセン、ブロディーウォリアーズにつながる感覚だ❗
それにしても、ブッチヤーはテリーファンクとやった方がインパクト倍増だね❗

[@studbourbon798]

Haaary Wrace

[@pearhall4843]

He was 36!! Lol

[@robertrodriguez787]

How Come Abdullah The Butcher Never had a Match against Kamala

[@lotsohugginbear9248]

He did. They also tagged.

[@webb-cast1030]

Abby had some of the worst working punches I've ever seen in this match.

[@donjulio4025]

what a shock , abdullah match ends in dq or countout. he was a disgrace to the business

[@JohnDoe-uo5ny]

Nah. People back then wanted blood, not pinfalls. He sold a lot of tickets to see those dqs and count outs. He didn’t need pins or submissions to make the promotions money.

[@user-yr1mi3tz7b]

NWAルールで、反則勝ちでもタイトル移動したっけ？？？違うやろ？倉持さん。

[@hi-resolutionsound1938]

倉持なんて、いい加減のオンパレードだよ？
「(片)エビ固め」を「体固め」と言ったり、オールスター戦で猪木のキックをどれこれ構わず「アリキック」と言ったりで、デタラメばかり。ジョー樋口の裁く全日本クオリティにはお似合いだったかも知れないが、間違いなくよそではプロレスキャスターとしては通用しない。

[@maruhiroya417]

​@@hi-resolutionsound1938
元々、野球中継をやりたくて日テレ入りした人ですから😂😂😂

[@alexshepherd1558]

Great technical wrestling here not

[@altilley2694]

😳😎😉

[@user-dm8dl8sm5m]

タイトルマッチ宣言代読を務めたのは日テレ幹部？

[@maruhiroya417]

セミのアジアタッグの方が面白かったかな?

[@ibrahimeddie17]

Rehearse scripted ketchup phony wrestling

[@ibrahimeddie17]

All stage fake like WWE ketchup wrestling who you fooling

[@TainoBehikeDJSanakori]

Who you kiddjng?!